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Not all of the northern tribes were foolish enough to pick a fight with Alexander.
Like a keen-eyed jeweler, able to discern the potential in a rough and unshaped stone, King Langaros of the Agrianians chose to ingratiate himself with the Macedonian monarch.
Langaros informed Alexander that a tribe known as the Autariatae were planning to attack the Macedonians — and, even more helpfully, Langaros offered to deal with them himself. Alexander gladly accepted.
And so, from every hamlet and township in the Strymon Valley, Langaros called upon his forces:
Swift peltasts, clutching their throwing spears tight; cavalrymen atop hardy horses, well-used to cantering through rocky hills; stout infantrymen armed with that wicked long blade, the rhomphaia.
To ensure their commitment, Langaros spoke to them of duty. To bolster their fortitude, he invoked the gods. But to strengthen their zeal, Langaros promised them plunder.